Jesús Silva Herzog Flores

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Jesús Silva Herzog Flores
Secretary of Finance and Public Credit
In office
16 March 1982 –17 June 1986 [1]
President José López Portillo
Miguel de la Madrid
Preceded by David Ibarra Muñoz
Succeeded by Gustavo Petricioli
Secretary of Tourism
In office
14 December 1993 –30 November 1994 [1]
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded by Pedro Joaquín Coldwell
Succeeded by Silvia Hernández Enríquez
Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
In office
10 February 1995 –3 November 1997 [2]
President Ernesto Zedillo
Preceded by Jorge Montaño [2]
Succeeded by Jesús Reyes Heroles [2]
Ambassador of Mexico to Spain
In office
16 April 1991 –14 January 1994 [3]
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Preceded by Enrique González Pedrero [3]
Succeeded by Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza [3]
Personal details
Born
Jesús Silva y Flores [4]

(1935-05-08)8 May 1935 [1]
Mexico City, Mexico
Died6 March 2017(2017-03-06) (aged 81)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political party Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) [5]
Spouse(s)María Teresa Márquez Diez-Canedo
Alma mater National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Yale University
ProfessionPolitician, economist

Jesús Silva Herzog Flores, born as Jesús Silva y Flores [4] (8 May 1935 — 6 March 2017) was a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). [5] He served as secretary of Finance and Public Credit in the cabinet of President Miguel de la Madrid (1982–1986), as ambassador to Spain (1991–1994) [3] and the United States (1995–1997), [1] and as secretary of Tourism (1994) in the cabinet of Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

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Biography

Silva Herzog was born as Jesús Silva y Flores [4] in Mexico City to economic historian Jesús Silva Herzog and Josefina Flores Villarreal. [5] He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 1959) and a master's degree in the same discipline from Yale University (1962). [1]

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Jesús Silva Herzog was a Mexican economist and historian specialized in the Mexican Revolution and a member of The National College. He received the National Prize for Arts and Sciences in 1962. His son, former Mexican Secretary of Finance Jesús Silva Herzog Flores, and grandson, Jesús Silva Herzog Márquez, are also prominent men in Mexico's political and intellectual life.

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He taught several courses in Economics at UNAM (1963–1969) and El Colegio de México (1964–1969); worked as an economist for the Inter-American Development Bank (1962–1963) and as director-general of the National Institute of Housing (INFONAVIT, 1972–1976) before joining the Bank of Mexico as director-general (1977–1978) and serving as undersecretary of Finance in the cabinet of José López Portillo (1979–1982). [1]

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Silva Herzog died on March 6, 2017, at the age of 81. [6]

Personal life

He was married to María Teresa Márquez Diez-Canedo and is the father of three children: María Teresa, Eugenia and Jesús Silva Herzog Márquez. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Diplomatic Representation for Mexico (United Mexican States)". U.S. Department of State. 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Embajadores de México en España" (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Bermúdez Molina, Estuardo Mario (22 May 2000). "Recurso de Apelación TEDF-REA-008/2000" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Tribunal Electoral del Distrito Federal. Retrieved 21 October 2014. el Consejo General al emitir su voto a favor del citado registro y en las discusiones de la misma, no toma en consideración que el señor JESÚS SILVA Y FLORES no ha efectuado los trámites de ley tendientes a rectificar o modificar su nombre para que se le reconozca y se ostente legalmente con el de JESUS SILVA HERZOG FLORES [...] Respecto al asunto que nos ocupa, tenemos que el partido postulante anexa a su solicitud diversos documentos para acreditar el nombre del candidato de referencia; en efecto, ofrece una copia certificada de un acta de nacimiento de la cual se desprende que el nombre correcto es JESÚS SILVA Y FLORES, dicha circunstancia está plenamente aceptada y reconocida por el representante del Partido Revolucionario Institucional y por la persona postulada por dicho partido tal y como se desprende de las declaraciones notariales que anexó con dicho escrito, por lo que se deberá tener como confesión expresa respecto a ese hecho, tanto al partido como al candidato que postulan.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1992. ISBN   968-820-177-4.
  6. ↑ "Muere Jesús Silva-Herzog, el secretario de Hacienda que lidió con la crisis de deuda mexicana". El País (in Spanish). 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

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